shoat
Also shote . a young, weaned pig.
geep.
Origin of shoat
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How to use shoat in a sentence
There were nine shotes nearly of a size, and the Deacon said, "I'll give Serry the odd shote."
Other Main-Travelled Roads | Hamlin GarlandThey're a mizzable pack of shotes, an' I b'leeve they'd all leave the camp fur a few ounces.
Romance of California Life | John HabbertonTwo or three mean looking shotes like him squealed out "Hurra!"
Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, | Ann S. StephensHe qualified his refusal to buy with a cordial invitation to go out and see his shotes, in which he took infinite pride.
Prairie Folks | Hamlin GarlandThese characteristic pigs are derisively called "shotes" by those who have seen their lean, lank and hungry development.
Black and White | Timothy Thomas Fortune
British Dictionary definitions for shoat
shote
/ (ʃəʊt) /
a piglet that has recently been weaned
Origin of shoat
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